Thanking God For His Goodness And Wonderful Works

-August 19, 2024-

Good morning beloved, happy Monday,

“Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the children of men.”

(Psalm 107:8).

The writer of Psalm 107 is anonymous and is one of the longer psalms with forty-three verses. The title of the psalm is, “Thanksgiving to the Lord for His Great Works of Deliverance.”

The same words are repeated four times in verses 8, 15, 21, and 31. These words tell us to be thankful; what we should be thankful for, and to whom we should be thankful to. It represents God’s desire for us all.

• Give Thanks to the Lord – The psalmist wrote, “Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord…” God is the source of every blessing. The words of the Doxology say, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.” It is like picking a ripe fruit off a tree. Someone had to plant the tree, water the tree, and let you take one of its fruits.

• For His Goodness and His Wonderful Works – God is good and He showers us with His goodness at all times, in all ways. Even in our times of suffering and pain. He has saved us and given us all things in Christ. His blessings are past, present, and future. In our analogy of the fruit tree, the owner tells us to come by as often as we desire to eat from it at no cost.

• To the Children of Men – God’s offer goes out to all people, but only few choose to respond to it. They are either too busy, too preoccupied with other things, or think they have plenty of time to decide to come at a later time. In the Garden of Eden, God told Adam and Eve that they could eat from any tree in the garden except the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The devil in the form of a serpent craftily lied to them, making it seem God was depriving them of something good. He is still employing the same deception today.

The very next verse demonstrates what God has for us, “For He satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness” (verse 9). Our souls are longing to be satisfied, our hungry souls to be filled. God always fulfills His promises to us. Our cups run over, over and over.

The song writer wrote, “He is my everything, He is my all; He is my everything, both great and small; He gave His life for me, made everything new; He is my everything, now about you.” God is our enough.

Have a blessed day seeing His goodness and wonderful works all around us, and thanking Him. Stay safe and healthy.

A thankful heart is a happy heart.

Dean